[buwaya]

I'm sorry, I misread the NAEP tables - so a minor correction is due.

The 8th grade results I gave were just for the DOD Dependent Schools Overseas.

The Department of Defense Domestic schools results are as follows for 8th Grade reading -
Black - 77
Hispanic - 89
White - 92

Not that much different, slightly lower for blacks, higher for Hispanics. I expect that the sample size used was quite low, hence the variability, because they don't even give a score for the DDESS (Domestic) for Asians due to small sample size. FWIW, DOD (overseas) Asian-Pacific Islander score is 89, vs 75 nationwide.

[Congressman Billybob]

Thanks for the update. I am not surprised that the in-country scores are a little lower than the overseas scores. I'll bet they try not to separately score the Asians in the US DoD schools because they would be off-the-chart high, rather than that the "sample is too small."

Cordially,

Billybob